Norristown Borough recently enacted new law that requires ALL real estate purchases/sales to certify and submit a lead certificate within 6 months of the purchase.

“for all Structures that are subject to the transfer inspection process, said lead paint inspection shall be performed within six months of and the corresponding report shall be submitted as part of the real estate transfer inspection process. If a Lead (paint) Free Report is submitted to the Municipality by a Certified Lead-Based-Paint Risk Assessor containing a Lead (paint) Free Certification for a Structure, then no further lead paint based inspections or reports shall be required for said Structure unless the Lead (paint) Free Report is rescinded, invalidated, or otherwise determined to be void. If a report is issued by a Certified Lead-Based-Paint Risk Assessor or a Certified Lead Dust Sampling Technician finding that a Lead (paint) Safe Certification cannot be issued due to the need for Conduct renovations, repairs or painting to reduce lead-based paint hazards or abatement activities to eliminate lead-based paint hazards, such finding shall not constitute a substantial violation as defined in Chapter 128 of the Municipal Code (relating to change of use and occupancy) but shall be considered a violation for purposes of issuing a temporary certificate of occupancy and therefore providing the property owner the same time in which to take appropriate measures to obtain a Lead (paint) Safe Certification or Lead (paint) Free Certification and provide to the Municipality a Lead (paint) Safe Report or Lead (paint) Free Report.”